viii, 186 pages ; 22 cm

In this work, Fichte argued that any revelation in relation to God must be consistent with morality, which was against many aspects of orthodox Christian belief at the time

Translation of Versuch einer Kritik aller Offenbarung

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-182) and index

Introduction -- Theory of the will in preparation for a deduction of religion in general -- Deduction of religion in general -- Division of religion in general into natural and revealed -- Formal discussion of the concept of revelation in preparation for a material discussion of it -- Material discussion of the concept of revelation in preparation for a deduction of it -- Deduction of the concept of revelation from a priori principles of pure reason -- The possibility of the empirical datum presupposed in the concept of revelation -- The physical possibility of a revelation -- Criteria of the divinity of a revelation according to its form -- Criteria of the divinity of a revelation with regard to its possible content -- Criteria of the divinity of a revelation with regard to the possible presentation of this content -- Systematic order of these criteria -- The possibility of receiving a given appearance as divine revelation -- General overview of this critique

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